Hydrocarbon Vision 2030 (ஹைட்ரோகார்பன் தொலைநோக்கு ஆவணம் 2030)

State Block Issue
Arunachal
Pradesh
Arunachal
Pradesh
Other Issues
Assam
Assam
Assam
Arunachal
Pradesh
General
Jairampur Extn
PEL Block
Ningru PML
Block
Stage (I) Forest Clearance pending since December 8, 2007 for Location- JRB in
Jairampur Extn PEL Block.
Stage (I) Forest Clearance pending since November,2007 for Location- NMA in
Ningru PML Block in Arunachal Pradesh
Pending Notification for Site Specific ecologically sensitive area for Dibru-
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Saikhowa National Park (340 Km ) , [Bherjan (1.06 Km ) – Borajan (4.39 Km ) –
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Padumoni (1.76 Km )] Wildlife Sanctuary, Dihinh Patkai (119.9 Km ) Wildlife
Sanctuary, OIL’s most promising fields areat stake, : Baghjan , Barekuri ,
Borhapjan, Hugrijan, Naharkatiya, Naharkatiya Extension, Tinsukia, Tinsukia
Extension & Dumduma, as for all these cases, a distance of 10 km non-forestry
land is considered as the ecologically sensitive area January 21, 2002, followed
with an order from Hon’ble Supreme Court dtd December 4, 2006. Consideration of
10-km Ecologically Sensitive Zone (ESZ) distance is presently include the entire
Township of Tinsukia and part of Dibrugarh District.
257 Km2 Prospective PEL area of Baghjan Extension PML had to be relinquished
by OIL in 2002-03, as per directives from the Assam state government, vide letter
dated 5.12.2003, since the Dibru/Saikhowa Reserved Forest is designated as
Dibru-Saikhowa National Park in 1999, where E&P activities are restricted as per
the Supreme Court’s order: OIL proposes to drill 7 wells using horizontal subsurface
directional drilling at a depth of 3,900-4,000 metres, using advanced
Horizontal Deviation Directional Drilling Technology such as ERD (Extended
Reach Drilling) & Multilaterals, without affecting any forest surface of the Dibru
Saikhowa National Park for which the surface drilling pads will be placed outside
the forest area at a distance of 1-1.5 Km from the boundary of the Dibru Saikhowa
National Park- an Interlocutory Application (IA) in this regard has been filed with the
Supreme Court of India on May 9, 2014, appealing for grant of permission against
which hearing in the Green Bench of the apex court yet to take place.
Repeated public hearings for the two operating districts of OIL- Tinsukia &
Dibrugarh, Assam have delayed grant of environment clearances due to presence
of various interest groups dominating in the region –This needs a re-look by
MoEF&CC
Payment of NPV for the entire PML area under provision of FC Act-1980, had
forced OIL to keep its E&P activities in abeyance since November, 2003 for the
615.668 Km2 PML area of Ningru (540.668 sq km) and Ningru Ext. (75 sq km)
PMLs in Arunachal Pradesh, as the payment of NPV for total 615.668 Km2 PML
area was a few thousand crores. However OIL took up the matter with the Supreme
Court of India by filing an IA in on April 26, 2013 seeking relaxation on the NPV
payment, on the basis of which the apex court passed its judgment on August 8,
2014 for payment of NPV of 2% only for the total 615.668 Km2 PML area. OIL has
paid Rs 74 crore on this account and the Renewal of the PML is likely to happen
after a held-up of more than a decade.
Mandatory payment of NPV @ 2% for the entire forest land falling under allotted
PML area involves huge financial outgo for OIL as most of its operating blocks are
either falling in the forest lands or in the vicinity of protected areas. Such has been
directed vide MoEF& CC’s guidelines dated 01.02.2013, 17.11.2014 , 01.04.2015
and last one vide F.No 8-118/2006-FC dated June 24, 2015, with specific
reference to the petroleum mining lease under FC Act-1980, according to which
such payments are to be made by June,2016, pending which the mining lease will
be revoked. Such regulations do not affect the other E&P Operators who are not
operating in NE Region, like OIL.
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